True's Beaked Whale

Mesoplodon mirus

Classification

Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Ziphiidae

True's beaked whale (Mesoplodon mirus) is a medium-sized whale in the genus Mesoplodon. It is native to the northern Atlantic Ocean. The common name is in reference to Frederick W.

Distribution

True's Beaked Whale — (c) Figure 8 from article: Aguilar de Soto N, Martín V, Silva M, Edler R, Reyes C, Carrillo M, Schiavi A, Morales T, García-Ovide B, Sanchez-Mora A, Garcia-Tavero N, Steiner L, Scheer M, Gockel R, Walker D, Villa E, Szlama P, Eriksson IK, Tejedor M, Perez-Gil, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

France · 1Spain · 1United Kingdom · 1Brazil

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Figure 8 from article: Aguilar de Soto N, Martín V, Silva M, Edler R, Reyes C, Carrillo M, Schiavi A, Morales T, García-Ovide B, Sanchez-Mora A, Garcia-Tavero N, Steiner L, Scheer M, Gockel R, Walker D, Villa E, Szlama P, Eriksson IK, Tejedor M, Perez-Gil, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionTrue's beaked whale, Wikipedia contributors Safetywikidata

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